Our Thanksgiving

We had a great week-end. The only bummer was Katie was not with us, she was having Thanksgiving with her dad in Hawaii. Can't feel too sorry for her! We went to Bob's brother's house in New Castle (near Bellevue). We got up and left Thursday morning to head over. Spend the day at his brother's house with his family, Bob's mom and his other brother and his kids. We saw the movie "The Blind Side" that evening and LOVED it. Stayed overnight at Kurt's (thanks!) and spent most of the day Friday shopping and eating some more. David, Tiffany and Sean joined us for lunch Friday at the mall. They back to Pateros Friday night.the kid's made the table decorations
the whole gang

the boys...

Kyle got to meet Sean!

Bob finally held Sean when he was actually awake! He thinks you shouldn't hold them when they are sleeping (you might wake them up). He has a lot to learn :)
He's still cute...and last but not least shopping (these are just a few of the bags)

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody...

3 posts in 1

First up: house remodel. It's coming along, slowly. We now have walls that are painted. The new windows are in and Bob is starting to put in the new cabinets!
do you like our tape knobs :) new ones have been ordered and are on their way!

the new windows from the outside.

Guess who came for a visit? Sean! David, Tiffany and Sean came for a quick visit Wednesday and went home Thursday. Their trip over started out a little rough. Their clutch went out going up Snoqualmie Pass. They had first left around noon Wednesday but by the time they got their car towed, a ride back to their place to get their other car it was around 10:30pm when they got to Pateros.

Katie and I thought it was worth it!

And today woke up to SNOW! First snow of the season. It lightly snowed most of the morning but by the afternoon it had cleared up and all the snow was gone. I'm sure there will be plenty more to come.

the thrill of victory!

The district play-offs started last Tuesday in Entiat. We were the 4th seed. We got to play the #1 seed, who by the way we had not been able to beat in the regular season. This picture was taken after we handed them (Wilson Creek) a major upset! We won. Took 5 games and Katie was the server in game 5 when the score was 14-8 (we had 8). Usually it is the first to 25 but when the match goes to game 5 it is the first to 15. Katie served 8 serves straight to help her team win!!Saturday we weren't as lucky :( We were playing for district championship and lost to Thorp. Then we had to face Wilson Creek again for 2nd place and lost. There were lots of tears, but as they say "there's always next year" ...

Bat Baby!

I wonder if I will slow down posting pictures of Sean? Probably not for a while.I love the pacifer. It is becoming a common item in all his pictures :)

More homecoming pictures

Saturday was the dance. As you can see Katie went in a big group. Her date was a good friend. Since the dance was actually on Halloween it was a costume dance. It could have been a cheap night had I just needed to buy a costume. It was not a cheap night, weekend for that matter! They met at her friend Jamie's for pictures, then went to the Bamboo Shoot for dinner in Chelan. I got reports that the food was excellent.
all the girls, they all looked cute with their their costumes

Katie got her hair done again on Saturday, dressed in her costume for pictures and dinner, then went to the school and took one set of pictures with this group and her date and then changed into her dress and took another set of pictures with the homecoming royalty and then stayed in her dress the rest of the night. Only cost me 82$ for the pictures. Thank goodness her date paid for dinner!